Jammu: Locals are up in arms against the Block Medical Officer Mahore here after accusation that the BMO destroyed Government supply of medicines on the pretext of being ‘expired’, social activists however claim otherwise. Officials say they are looking into the case and ‘responsibility, if any, will be fixed’.
Locals claim that there is a nexus of doctors and private pharmacist that too might have played its role in pushing the health department destroying medicine of worth lacks.
“The health authorities should have questioned first as to how the medicine was not used on the patients. Because that would have exposed the rot in the department, how doctors and private pharmacists collaborate together. Making people suffer who could get medicine free of cost,” localsl said.
Protests too were organised in Mahore and protesters accused that the BMO misbehaved with many after being questioned as to why did he destroy the medicine.
“People did not accept that the medicine was expired, rather claimed that there is a fraud going on in the department,” protesters said.
Commissioner secretary, Medical education, Pawan kotwaal told INS that he has passed the direction to Sub District Magistrate to look into the matter and fix responsibility, if any.
“There are accusations against destroying of medicines in Mahore, we are looking into it. If any one is found guilty, we will fix the responsibility,” Kotwaal said.
